Purpose: Exclusive breastfeeding is a proven benefit for both mothers and infants and is, therefo... more Purpose: Exclusive breastfeeding is a proven benefit for both mothers and infants and is, therefore, an important public health priority. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is regarded as one of the potential psychosocial risk factors that may negatively affect exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). This study aimed to explore the influence of psychosocial factors including IPV on EBF. Methods: Cross-sectional survey data was collected from October 2015 to January 2016 in Chandpur district of Bangladesh from 426 married women, aged 15–49 years, who had at least one child six months of age or younger. Multivariate logistic regression models were used in order to investigate whether women who experienced IPV after childbirth, as well as other risk factors such as postpartum depression (PPD) and childhood sexual abuse, were more likely to face difficulties with EBF compared with women who had not experienced these same risk factors. Results: While the initiation rate of breastfeeding was 99.3%, at the time of the woman’s interview the overall EBF rate had fallen to 43.7%. Based on the adjusted model, women who experienced physical IPV (AOR: 0.17, 95% CI [0.07, 0.40]) and psychological IPV (AOR: 0.51, 95% CI [0.26, 1.00]) after childbirth, women who reported childhood sexual abuse (AOR: 0.32, 95% CI [0.13, 0.80]) and PPD (AOR: 0.20, 95% CI [0.09, 0.44]) were significantly less likely to exclusively breastfeed their infants than those who had not reported these experiences. Moreover, women with an intended pregnancy and high social support exhibited a higher likelihood of EBF. Conclusions: Our results suggest that preventing or reducing the occurrence of physical IPV, PPD and childhood sexual abuse may improve the EBF duration. Support from family members can assist in this process.
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ABSTRACT Desistance from criminal behavior represents an important dimension of offending, yet fe... more ABSTRACT Desistance from criminal behavior represents an important dimension of offending, yet few studies have explored whether factors promoting desistance from crime also promote desistance from less serious forms of offending behavior. Using data from the National Youth Survey, this study examines whether a series of theoretically informed psychosocial factors can differentiate offenders who desist from those who persist and whether these factors vary for offenders who desist from general and more serious forms of offending behavior. The results reveal that a number of characteristics differentiate desisters from persisters, and that there are important similarities and differences between factors that promote desistance from serious and not so serious offending. Yes Yes
... Mazerolle, Paul, Meredith McHugh, Robin Fitzgerald, Sanderson, Jennifer, Anderson-Bond, Travi... more ... Mazerolle, Paul, Meredith McHugh, Robin Fitzgerald, Sanderson, Jennifer, Anderson-Bond, Travis and Manning, Mathew (2010) Ticketing for public nuisance offences in Queensland: An evaluation of the 12-month trial. ... Total pages, 238. Publisher, Griffith University. ...
Homicide-suicide represents one of the rarest forms of lethal violence but often precipitates cal... more Homicide-suicide represents one of the rarest forms of lethal violence but often precipitates calls to revise social, health, and justice policies. However, there is little empirical information about this type of violence. The current study uses two unique data sets to examine a wide range of individual and situational characteristics of homicide-suicide, with particular emphasis on establishing whether and how homicide-suicide differs from homicide-only and suicide-only. Findings suggest homicide-suicide may have unique characteristics that set it apart from both homicide-only and suicide-only, as well as sharing certain other characteristics with those two types of events.
Piquero, A., Brame, R., Mazerolle, PJ and Haapanen, R. (2000). Analyzing variation in local life ... more Piquero, A., Brame, R., Mazerolle, PJ and Haapanen, R. (2000). Analyzing variation in local life circumstances and involvement in criminal offending among a population of serious offenders. In: , Cime and Criminology in the Year 2000: Abstracts and Participants Directory. The American Society of Criminology 52nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, (31). 15-18 November, 2000. ... Piquero, A. Brame, R. Mazerolle, PJ Haapanen, R.
Since the inception of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology in March 1968, the j... more Since the inception of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology in March 1968, the journal has, without doubt, become the leading criminological journal in the Australasian region. The founding Editor, Dr Allen Bartholomew, had many hopes and expectations for the journal envisaging ...a systematic study of all the measures to be taken in the spheres of prevention...of legislation, of the enforcement of criminal law, of punishments and other methods of treatment'. In this article, we track the journal's progress from its inception in 1968 to 2012 (45 years into its future) to assess whether Dr Bartholomew's hopes and expectations have materialised and in what ways the study of crime and its prevention has evolved over the years. We survey the journal's 45 year journey in in an ever-changing and dynamic environment by examining issues such as gender and trends in origins of authors, trends in research methods, the crime issues and how they have evolved ove...
Past research on General Strain Theory (GST) has not widely examined the application of the theor... more Past research on General Strain Theory (GST) has not widely examined the application of the theory for understanding violent responses to strain. Additionally, the theory suggests there may be varying effects of strain on possible deviant outcomes across individuals differentiated on their dispositions toward deviance. In the current analysis, we examine violent responses to strain using original data collected from a sample of college-aged youth. Moreover, we specifically examine whether the effects of strain and anger on possible violent outcomes are invariant across individuals differentiated on their level of exposure to deviant peers and moral constraints against deviance. Using structural equation modeling, our results suggest that a composite measure of strain increases respondents' intentions to engage in assaultive behavior net of other predictors. Additionally, the results reveal that anger mediates the impact of strain on possible violent responses. Finally, the results of our subgroup analyses suggest that the basic form of the GST model is invariant across groups.
Exposure to violence in the family-of-origin has consistently been linked to intimate partner vio... more Exposure to violence in the family-of-origin has consistently been linked to intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration in adulthood. However, whether the transmission of violence across generations is role- and gender-specific still remains unclear. The current study examined the effects of experiencing child abuse and observing parental violence on IPV perpetration among a sample of male arrestees (N = 303). The differential effects of observing violence perpetrated by same-sex (father to mother), opposite-sex (mother to father), and both parents on subsequent IPV perpetration were examined. Logistic regression analyses showed that while observing father-only violence and bidirectional interparental violence was predictive of IPV perpetration, observing mother-only violence and direct experiences of child abuse was not. These findings suggest that the transmission of violence across generations is both role- and gender-specific and highlight the importance of examining unique di...
International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 2004
This article examines the relation among gender, social-emotional adjustment, and deviant behavio... more This article examines the relation among gender, social-emotional adjustment, and deviant behavior among serious juvenile offenders. A sample of 105 adolescent offenders completed questionnaires assessing social-emotional characteristics and self-reported involvement in deviant behaviors. Results indicate significant associations between distress and restraint in predicting deviance, a finding that was invariant across gender. Analysis of four distinct social-emotional profiles found that membership in the reactive group was associated with the greatest amount of deviant behavior. Results also indicate that not only do serious offending girls internalize more than serious offending boys, they appear equally likely to externalize. However, although boys exhibit less distress than girls, those boys who report high rates of deviance may exhibit internalizing and externalizing problems similar to girls. The use of social-emotional measures in general, and distinct profiles in particular...
Past research on General Strain Theory (GST) has not widely examined the application of the theor... more Past research on General Strain Theory (GST) has not widely examined the application of the theory for understanding violent responses to strain. Additionally, the theory suggests there may be varying effects of strain on possible deviant outcomes across individuals differentiated on their dispositions toward deviance. In the current analysis, we examine violent responses to strain using original data collected from a sample of college-aged youth. Moreover, we specifically examine whether the effects of strain and anger on possible violent outcomes are invariant across individuals differentiated on their level of exposure to deviant peers and moral constraints against deviance. Using structural equation modeling, our results suggest that a composite measure of strain increases respondents' intentions to engage in assaultive behavior net of other predictors. Additionally, the results reveal that anger mediates the impact of strain on possible violent responses. Finally, the resul...
Purpose: Exclusive breastfeeding is a proven benefit for both mothers and infants and is, therefo... more Purpose: Exclusive breastfeeding is a proven benefit for both mothers and infants and is, therefore, an important public health priority. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is regarded as one of the potential psychosocial risk factors that may negatively affect exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). This study aimed to explore the influence of psychosocial factors including IPV on EBF. Methods: Cross-sectional survey data was collected from October 2015 to January 2016 in Chandpur district of Bangladesh from 426 married women, aged 15–49 years, who had at least one child six months of age or younger. Multivariate logistic regression models were used in order to investigate whether women who experienced IPV after childbirth, as well as other risk factors such as postpartum depression (PPD) and childhood sexual abuse, were more likely to face difficulties with EBF compared with women who had not experienced these same risk factors. Results: While the initiation rate of breastfeeding was 99.3%, at the time of the woman’s interview the overall EBF rate had fallen to 43.7%. Based on the adjusted model, women who experienced physical IPV (AOR: 0.17, 95% CI [0.07, 0.40]) and psychological IPV (AOR: 0.51, 95% CI [0.26, 1.00]) after childbirth, women who reported childhood sexual abuse (AOR: 0.32, 95% CI [0.13, 0.80]) and PPD (AOR: 0.20, 95% CI [0.09, 0.44]) were significantly less likely to exclusively breastfeed their infants than those who had not reported these experiences. Moreover, women with an intended pregnancy and high social support exhibited a higher likelihood of EBF. Conclusions: Our results suggest that preventing or reducing the occurrence of physical IPV, PPD and childhood sexual abuse may improve the EBF duration. Support from family members can assist in this process.
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ABSTRACT Desistance from criminal behavior represents an important dimension of offending, yet fe... more ABSTRACT Desistance from criminal behavior represents an important dimension of offending, yet few studies have explored whether factors promoting desistance from crime also promote desistance from less serious forms of offending behavior. Using data from the National Youth Survey, this study examines whether a series of theoretically informed psychosocial factors can differentiate offenders who desist from those who persist and whether these factors vary for offenders who desist from general and more serious forms of offending behavior. The results reveal that a number of characteristics differentiate desisters from persisters, and that there are important similarities and differences between factors that promote desistance from serious and not so serious offending. Yes Yes
... Mazerolle, Paul, Meredith McHugh, Robin Fitzgerald, Sanderson, Jennifer, Anderson-Bond, Travi... more ... Mazerolle, Paul, Meredith McHugh, Robin Fitzgerald, Sanderson, Jennifer, Anderson-Bond, Travis and Manning, Mathew (2010) Ticketing for public nuisance offences in Queensland: An evaluation of the 12-month trial. ... Total pages, 238. Publisher, Griffith University. ...
Homicide-suicide represents one of the rarest forms of lethal violence but often precipitates cal... more Homicide-suicide represents one of the rarest forms of lethal violence but often precipitates calls to revise social, health, and justice policies. However, there is little empirical information about this type of violence. The current study uses two unique data sets to examine a wide range of individual and situational characteristics of homicide-suicide, with particular emphasis on establishing whether and how homicide-suicide differs from homicide-only and suicide-only. Findings suggest homicide-suicide may have unique characteristics that set it apart from both homicide-only and suicide-only, as well as sharing certain other characteristics with those two types of events.
Piquero, A., Brame, R., Mazerolle, PJ and Haapanen, R. (2000). Analyzing variation in local life ... more Piquero, A., Brame, R., Mazerolle, PJ and Haapanen, R. (2000). Analyzing variation in local life circumstances and involvement in criminal offending among a population of serious offenders. In: , Cime and Criminology in the Year 2000: Abstracts and Participants Directory. The American Society of Criminology 52nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, (31). 15-18 November, 2000. ... Piquero, A. Brame, R. Mazerolle, PJ Haapanen, R.
Since the inception of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology in March 1968, the j... more Since the inception of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology in March 1968, the journal has, without doubt, become the leading criminological journal in the Australasian region. The founding Editor, Dr Allen Bartholomew, had many hopes and expectations for the journal envisaging ...a systematic study of all the measures to be taken in the spheres of prevention...of legislation, of the enforcement of criminal law, of punishments and other methods of treatment'. In this article, we track the journal's progress from its inception in 1968 to 2012 (45 years into its future) to assess whether Dr Bartholomew's hopes and expectations have materialised and in what ways the study of crime and its prevention has evolved over the years. We survey the journal's 45 year journey in in an ever-changing and dynamic environment by examining issues such as gender and trends in origins of authors, trends in research methods, the crime issues and how they have evolved ove...
Past research on General Strain Theory (GST) has not widely examined the application of the theor... more Past research on General Strain Theory (GST) has not widely examined the application of the theory for understanding violent responses to strain. Additionally, the theory suggests there may be varying effects of strain on possible deviant outcomes across individuals differentiated on their dispositions toward deviance. In the current analysis, we examine violent responses to strain using original data collected from a sample of college-aged youth. Moreover, we specifically examine whether the effects of strain and anger on possible violent outcomes are invariant across individuals differentiated on their level of exposure to deviant peers and moral constraints against deviance. Using structural equation modeling, our results suggest that a composite measure of strain increases respondents' intentions to engage in assaultive behavior net of other predictors. Additionally, the results reveal that anger mediates the impact of strain on possible violent responses. Finally, the results of our subgroup analyses suggest that the basic form of the GST model is invariant across groups.
Exposure to violence in the family-of-origin has consistently been linked to intimate partner vio... more Exposure to violence in the family-of-origin has consistently been linked to intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration in adulthood. However, whether the transmission of violence across generations is role- and gender-specific still remains unclear. The current study examined the effects of experiencing child abuse and observing parental violence on IPV perpetration among a sample of male arrestees (N = 303). The differential effects of observing violence perpetrated by same-sex (father to mother), opposite-sex (mother to father), and both parents on subsequent IPV perpetration were examined. Logistic regression analyses showed that while observing father-only violence and bidirectional interparental violence was predictive of IPV perpetration, observing mother-only violence and direct experiences of child abuse was not. These findings suggest that the transmission of violence across generations is both role- and gender-specific and highlight the importance of examining unique di...
International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 2004
This article examines the relation among gender, social-emotional adjustment, and deviant behavio... more This article examines the relation among gender, social-emotional adjustment, and deviant behavior among serious juvenile offenders. A sample of 105 adolescent offenders completed questionnaires assessing social-emotional characteristics and self-reported involvement in deviant behaviors. Results indicate significant associations between distress and restraint in predicting deviance, a finding that was invariant across gender. Analysis of four distinct social-emotional profiles found that membership in the reactive group was associated with the greatest amount of deviant behavior. Results also indicate that not only do serious offending girls internalize more than serious offending boys, they appear equally likely to externalize. However, although boys exhibit less distress than girls, those boys who report high rates of deviance may exhibit internalizing and externalizing problems similar to girls. The use of social-emotional measures in general, and distinct profiles in particular...
Past research on General Strain Theory (GST) has not widely examined the application of the theor... more Past research on General Strain Theory (GST) has not widely examined the application of the theory for understanding violent responses to strain. Additionally, the theory suggests there may be varying effects of strain on possible deviant outcomes across individuals differentiated on their dispositions toward deviance. In the current analysis, we examine violent responses to strain using original data collected from a sample of college-aged youth. Moreover, we specifically examine whether the effects of strain and anger on possible violent outcomes are invariant across individuals differentiated on their level of exposure to deviant peers and moral constraints against deviance. Using structural equation modeling, our results suggest that a composite measure of strain increases respondents' intentions to engage in assaultive behavior net of other predictors. Additionally, the results reveal that anger mediates the impact of strain on possible violent responses. Finally, the resul...
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Methods: Cross-sectional survey data was collected from October 2015 to January 2016 in Chandpur district of Bangladesh from 426 married women, aged 15–49 years, who had at least one child six months of age or younger. Multivariate logistic regression models were used in order to investigate whether women who experienced IPV after childbirth, as well as other risk factors such as postpartum depression (PPD) and childhood sexual abuse, were more likely to face difficulties with EBF compared with women who had not experienced these same risk factors.
Results: While the initiation rate of breastfeeding was 99.3%, at the time of the woman’s interview the overall EBF rate had fallen to 43.7%. Based on the adjusted model, women who experienced physical IPV (AOR: 0.17, 95% CI [0.07, 0.40]) and psychological IPV (AOR: 0.51, 95% CI [0.26, 1.00]) after childbirth, women who reported childhood sexual abuse (AOR: 0.32, 95% CI [0.13, 0.80]) and PPD (AOR: 0.20, 95% CI [0.09, 0.44]) were significantly less likely to exclusively breastfeed their infants than those who had not reported these experiences. Moreover, women with an intended pregnancy and high social support exhibited a higher likelihood of EBF.
Conclusions: Our results suggest that preventing or reducing the occurrence of physical IPV, PPD and childhood sexual abuse may improve the EBF duration. Support from family members can assist in this process.
Methods: Cross-sectional survey data was collected from October 2015 to January 2016 in Chandpur district of Bangladesh from 426 married women, aged 15–49 years, who had at least one child six months of age or younger. Multivariate logistic regression models were used in order to investigate whether women who experienced IPV after childbirth, as well as other risk factors such as postpartum depression (PPD) and childhood sexual abuse, were more likely to face difficulties with EBF compared with women who had not experienced these same risk factors.
Results: While the initiation rate of breastfeeding was 99.3%, at the time of the woman’s interview the overall EBF rate had fallen to 43.7%. Based on the adjusted model, women who experienced physical IPV (AOR: 0.17, 95% CI [0.07, 0.40]) and psychological IPV (AOR: 0.51, 95% CI [0.26, 1.00]) after childbirth, women who reported childhood sexual abuse (AOR: 0.32, 95% CI [0.13, 0.80]) and PPD (AOR: 0.20, 95% CI [0.09, 0.44]) were significantly less likely to exclusively breastfeed their infants than those who had not reported these experiences. Moreover, women with an intended pregnancy and high social support exhibited a higher likelihood of EBF.
Conclusions: Our results suggest that preventing or reducing the occurrence of physical IPV, PPD and childhood sexual abuse may improve the EBF duration. Support from family members can assist in this process.